Sharp's Rifles

Subject: RE: Sharp's Rifles
From:
Date: 23 Sep 04 - 09:24 AM

looking for the sound track to Sharps Rifles, anyone got any idears where i could fing the soundtrack or similiar types of old folk music. Thanks
GED

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Subject: RE: Sharp's Rifles
From: Lesley N.
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 04:10 PM

John Gay was in the 'O'er the Hills' Thread so was George Farqhuar (Gay actually paid George for use of the tune). I don't recall the Collins though...

Subject: RE: Sharp's Rifles
From: GeorgeH
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 01:30 PM

Well the fact that something exists in a previous thread doesn't, of course, mean its correct . . For instance, following the link back I find:

> (John Tams) was musical director to Brilly Bryden's > Company at the Royal Theatre for tendyears

Which actually refers to Bill Bryden at the National Theatre . . .

More importantly, after Ashley Hutchins took the Albion Band (minus most of its members) elsewhere, Tams remained at the National Theatre with Home Service - which for a while had him AND Bill Caddick as vocalists. THAT really was the high-point of UK Folk-Rock . . Their albums (now all available on CD) should be in everyone's collection.

And - more to the point if you live in the UK - according to Tams at Sidmouth, the magnificent production of The Mysteries is to be brought back into the NT repetoire.

BTW the work at the National Theatre also included Linda Thompson (amongst a range of female singers); Linda is in the recording of The Mysteries which was broadcast in the UK.

And reverting to Sharp . . Has anyone mentioned John Gay in the context of "Over the Hills . .", or the Shirley and Dolly Collins recording of it? If so, I missed it on my skim reading.

Cheers!

G.

Subject: RE: Sharp's Rifles
From: Lesley N.
Date: 09 Aug 99 - 05:47 PM

I agree - the Napoleonic Wars were never much fun before Sean Bean. I just picked up a bio of Wellington. He's much more interesting than I imagined. I was disappointed, however, to learn he did not ever love his wife - especially after I read that Thomas Moore wrote Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms for Wellington's wife after she suffered facial scars from smallpox!

But you've got to admire(?) a man who - when a former lover sent him a letter threatening to expose their affair if he didn't give her a great deal of money - sent the letter back with the words "Publish and be damned" written accross it...

Pardon the thread creep...

Subject: RE: Sharp's Rifles
From: danl
Date: 09 Aug 99 - 04:31 PM

a great song, all my non-folkie friends request it very oftern, great books and a great series. (that Sean Bean....mmm....! our history lessons suddenly got a lot more intresting when we started doing the napolionic wars...! but is it pronounced as in "seen bean" or "shawn born" that is the question)

Subject: RE: Sharp's Rifles
From: Lesley N.
Date: 08 Aug 99 - 01:08 PM

As I noted before there is additional information - including the lyrics from the Sharpe's Rifles CD are in the thread Oer the Hills and Far Away - as is information about the CD.

Subject: RE: Sharp's Rifles
From: Jonathan
Date: 08 Aug 99 - 08:22 AM

.......and in the database, complete with tune, if my memory plays me not false!

Subject: RE: Sharp's Rifles
From: Kbee
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 09:54 AM

I believe the song in question is 'Over the Hills and Farr Away' a traditional 18th century song. Not only is it on the soundtrack, but you can find it on David & Ginger Hildebradt's CD 'Over the Hills and Far Away'

Subject: RE: Sharp's Rifles
From: Wolfgang
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 06:26 AM

see old thread: John Tams Sharpes Rifles series.

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: Sharp's Rifles
From:
Date: 05 Aug 99 - 09:05 PM

If you do the forum search suggested above, you'll find the whole song, not just the little bit on Sharp's Rifles..

Subject: RE: Sharp's Rifles
From: Dave T
Date: 05 Aug 99 - 07:39 PM

I watched many of the episodes in that series. I remember the melody from the song quite well but the only lines I can remember are the last two lines in a verse or chorus:

...
George commands and we obey,
Over the hills and far away.

I can only guess the song is called "Over the hills and Far Away". If I can think of any more, I'll post back.

Dave T

Subject: RE: Sharp's Rifles
From: Phil.
Date: 04 Aug 99 - 08:32 AM

why don't you look up those three other threads I suggested?

Subject: RE: Sharp's Rifles
From: Matthew B.
Date: 04 Aug 99 - 08:28 AM

Yikes. How about a list of the songs on the album? Maybe that would jog my memory.

Subject: RE: Sharp's Rifles
From: Lesley N.
Date: 04 Aug 99 - 08:26 AM

Have a care if you are looking to purchase it because there are at least TWO ablbums of the same name - one is by the Springfields (NOT the Sharpe's Rifles Album). Amazon, for instance DOES NOT have the SR album.

Another thread about it was here.

Subject: RE: Sharp's Rifles
From: Barbara
Date: 04 Aug 99 - 04:05 AM

This is from the thread on John Tams:
Over The Hills & Far Away , The Music of Sharpe Featuring original music from the ITV series, by John Tams & Dominic Muldowney.

Catalogue number: Virgin Records VTCD81.

It features John Tams, The Moscow Symphony Orchestra, The Band and Bugles of the Light Division, Barry Coope and Roger Wilson (both separately with J. Tams) and the lovely miss Kate Rusby.
Blessings,
Barbara

Subject: RE: Sharp's Rifles
From: jon a
Date: 03 Aug 99 - 07:10 PM

There is a compact disc available in the u.k. Containing music from the series, I do not know what it is called but hopefully someone will know.

Subject: RE: Sharp's Rifles
From: Phil.
Date: 03 Aug 99 - 06:11 PM

if you do a forum search for "rifles" you'll find two other threads discussing the series. And another thread can be found under the title "John Tams"

Subject: RE: Sharp's Rifles
From:
Date: 03 Aug 99 - 06:08 PM

Can you give us a line or two?

Subject: Sharp's Rifles
From: Matthew B.
Date: 03 Aug 99 - 05:59 PM

PBS recently aired a British TV series called "Sharp's Rifles." There's a memorable scene in one of the episodes where we see several different individual soldiers and groups of soldiers of various ranks, sitting by their respective campfires, walking on patrol, etc., and all singing the same song (which we see in a montage, complete with changes in instrumentation, tempo and key).

Does anybody know which song they were singing?